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Firewood For Camping Calculator

Work out firewood for camping instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.

About Firewood For Camping Calculator

Wood needed is hours of fire times nights times the burn rate, with volume estimated at about 450 kilograms per cubic metre of seasoned stacked hardwood. A campfire burns around two to three kilograms an hour, so a modest four hour fire over three nights needs thirty kilograms, far more than most people pack.

Formula

Firewood needed

kg = hours per night x nights x kg burned per hour

Worked example

With the default values below, Firewood For Camping Calculator returns Firewood needed of 30.00. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.

Inputs used

Hours of fire per nightminimum 0.1 h
4 h
Number of nightsminimum 1
3
Wood burned per hourminimum 0.1 kg
2.5 kg
Bundle sizeminimum 0.1 kg
10 kg

Results

Firewood needed
30.00 kg
Bundles to buy
3
Firewood per night
10.00 kg
Approximate stacked volume
0.0667 m3

Step by step

  1. 1Values used
  2. 2Firewood needed
  3. 3Firewood needed= 30.00 kg
  4. 4Bundles to buy= 3
  5. 5Firewood per night= 10.00 kg
  6. 6Approximate stacked volume= 0.0667 m3

Assumptions and limits

  • The result is derived only from the 4 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
  • In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
  • Figures are rounded for display to 4 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.

How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is the Firewood For Camping figure worked out?

kg = hours per night x nights x kg burned per hour. Wood needed is hours of fire times nights times the burn rate, with volume estimated at about 450 kilograms per cubic metre of seasoned stacked hardwood.

Why does this matter?

A campfire burns around two to three kilograms an hour, so a modest four hour fire over three nights needs thirty kilograms, far more than most people pack.

What do I need to enter?

Enter hours of fire per night, number of nights, wood burned per hour, bundle size. The defaults shown are a realistic worked example — swap in your own figures to get a result you can use.

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